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Charles Francis Adams III (August 2, 1866 – June 10, 1954) was the United States Secretary of the Navy under President Herbert Hoover and a well-known yachtsman. ==Life== A scion of the Adams family that gave the country two presidents, Charles Francis III was born in Quincy, Massachusetts to John Quincy Adams II (1833–1894);〔Lint, Gregg L., Taylor, C. James, et al. ''The Adams Papers: Papers of John Adams, October 1782 - May 1783''. Harvard: The Belknap Press, Vol. 14, p. xlii, Boston: Harvard University Press, 2008.〕〔Adams, Henry, Levenson, J. C., Massachusetts Historical Society, et al. ''The Letters of Henry Adams, Volumes 4 – 6, 1892–1918.'' Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1989, pp. xxxvi – xxxvii.〕 the oldest son of the Secretary's grandfather Charles Francis Adams, Sr.; his great-grandfather was sixth U. S. President John Quincy Adams; and his great-great-grandfather was second U.S. President John Adams. His mother was Frances "Fanny" Cadwalader Crowninshield (1839-1911), the granddaughter of U.S. Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Williams Crowninshield.〔Browning, Charles Henry. Americans of Royal Descent: A Collection of Genealogies of American Families Whose Lineage is traced to the Legitimate Issue of Kings. Philadelphia: Porter & Costes, 1891, ed. 2, pp. 68 – 69.〕 Charles Francis Adams, Jr. (1835–1915) was the uncle, not the father of Charles Francis Adams III, an assumption regularly made by virtue of sequential name succession. Charles F. Adams, Jr. had five children, the first three being daughters, which may explain why his brother John Q. Adams II took the prerogative to name his son after their uncle. Charles, Jr.'s only sons (twins) were born in 1875. Adams graduated ''cum laude'' from Harvard College (1888) and from Harvard Law School (1892). He was first a lawyer, then went into business. He married Frances Lovering, daughter of U.S. Representative William C. Lovering, in 1899. They had two children, Catherine and Charles IV. Adams served as Mayor of Quincy, Massachusetts from 1896 to 1897. Adams is the third cousin twice removed of Otis Norcross, 19th Mayor of Boston. Both descending from their fourth great grandfather, Joseph Adams; Otis from his first wife Mary (), and Charles from his second wife Hannah ().〔Cutter, William Richard and Adams, William Frederick. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing. Co, Vol. 1, 1910, p. 541 – 545.〕 In 1903, while serving as President of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Adams proposed to Congress that the famed frigate USS ''Constitution'' be restored and returned to active service. This led to Congress authorizing funds for the restoration of ''Constitution'' and opening her to the public in 1907. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles Francis Adams III」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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